Rochester Psychiatric Center on hot seat?

Emails indicate RPC-Buffalo competition

9:46 PM,
Feb. 21, 2013

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Emails sent late last month to workers at Rochester Psychiatric Center indicated that the facility is expected to compete with Buffalo Psychiatric Center to become the regional western New York psychiatric hospital.

A proposal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to create regional centers for psychiatric care, called centers for excellence, could mean the closure of some of the two dozen psychiatric hospitals in the state. There is apparent concern that either Rochester or Buffalo could be on the target list, although state officials stressed that no decisions have been made yet.